Comments on: The Three Laws of Language-Learning | Version 3.0 /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: The Weekly Bulletin | Ichigoichielove /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-1000154642 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 10:18:53 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-1000154642 […] before I started studying for my exam. Because of ‘test study’, I’d forgotten the basic rules I usually follow as well as suddenly aiming for perfection (which is not going to happen in any language, even your […]

]]> By: Translating | Learning Russian /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-120080 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:36:58 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-120080 […] is an example of the ‘fun’ principle people like Khatzumoto and Ramses emphasise so whole-heartedly – if it’s not fun, quit fucking doing it. So […]

]]> By: Critical Frequency: A Brand New Way of Looking At Language Exposure | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-58307 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:28:57 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-58307 […] You’ll recall that I once said that AJATT has two principal aims. (1) To tell you what I did, so you can do it as well, and (2) to give you stuff I wish I had had, so you can do better.  To that, we might do well to add a silent third aim: (0) To figure out what the heck it actually was that I did (and, as far as practicality and curiosity allow, why it worked) — in other words, to figure out some underlying principles. […]

]]> By: Steve Kaufmann /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56985 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:45:55 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56985 Good advice. Let me offer my three conditions for success in language learning.
1) Your attitude: confidence, interest, affection for the language, desire to join in with speakers of the language, acceptance without asking “why do they say it this way?” etc.
2) Time spent : Study every day and take it with you to fill in the dead times. The more time you spend, in short spurts of long stretches, the better.
3) Ability to notice: Notice the sounds, the words, the structure, notice your gaps and look for them when you listen and read.

Cheers.

]]> By: Anne /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56936 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:43:05 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56936 Sounds good to me! Now to put it into practice…

]]> By: Ken /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56916 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:08:08 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56916 #3 is truth!

I got one of those newfangled i-devices so I could SRS whenever I have a few seconds free. Doing 60 seconds every hour is turning out to be far more productive than doing 30 minutes every day.

]]> By: Matt /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56914 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:37:41 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56914 Sounds a bit like the three laws of learning, in general.

]]> By: Tommy Newbhall /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56888 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:41:45 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56888 ooh “The Path” how very Buddhist of you. 😀
Tommy

]]> By: Mattholomew III, Esquire /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56885 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:53:55 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56885 One of us!
One of us!
Gooble gobble!
Gooble gobble!

]]> By: Ms Washu /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56865 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:19:32 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56865 Hear, hear!

]]> By: NotWorthy /the-three-laws-of-language-learning-version-3-0/#comment-56835 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:13:10 +0000 /?p=2892#comment-56835 Great leader,
Your words are a blessing to mortals like myself everywhere.
1000 years to Khatzumoto!

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